diff --git a/dummy.go b/dummy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c32a5c7d3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dummy.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("This is a dummy go file so `go dep` can be used with knative/test-infra repo")
+	fmt.Println("This file can be removed once the repo contains real, useful go code")
+}